The events took place in May 2016 at the Meadowside Centre in Burton-upon-Trent, England with a total 12 players qualifying via the two tournaments and the Order of Merit.
Fang Xiongman, Christopher Keogan, Cao Yupeng and Chen Zhe qualified.
Four places on the main tour were given to the leading four players in the Order of Merit, Craig Steadman, Jamie Curtis-Barrett, Ian Preece and Adam Duffy.
[6][7] The Order of Merit was also used to top up fields for the 2016–17 snooker season where an event failed to attract the required number of entries.
[9] The leading players in the Q School Order of Merit are given below, those with Q in brackets were awarded places on the main tour.